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  • Which geographic extent best describes the Maya civilization?
  • What were the main reasons chattel slavery replaced indentured servitude in the colonies?
  • By the mid-1700s, why did colonial protests against English 'human refuse' not overwhelm the colonies?
  • Which British general refused Washington's advice on how to handle irregular Indian warfare during the early campaign?
  • Who authored Two Treatises of Civil Government in 1690, arguing that revolution is justified if a government violates fundamental rights?
  • What occurred during the Boston Massacre?
  • Who founded the Society of Friends?
  • Which statement best explains why spices were highly valued in 1350?
  • Fort Caroline, established in 1562, was built by which group and leader?
  • In the Pequot War, which allied tribe aided the Puritans against the Pequots?
  • The Aztecs' primary method to placate the sun god involved what practice?
  • What is the consequence of cultures north of Central America having no writing system?
  • Describe the process of black slavery becoming established in the British Colonies.
  • Which two Adams were among the Massachusetts delegates at the Continental Congress in 1774?
  • In Columbus's deal with the Spanish monarchs, who received the royal fifth?
  • Who led the second circumnavigation of the globe from 1577 to 1580?
  • Which event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston harbor and led Parliament to close Boston's port with harsh measures?
  • Which organization served as an umbrella for local legislatures opposing the Crown?
  • Sixteenth-century immigrants to the American colonies originated from which group of countries?
  • Describe the ocean crossing for indentured servants and convicts.
  • What factor contributed to Georgia's early struggles under Oglethorpe's leadership?
  • What cash crop secured Virginia's economic viability after Rolfe's introduction?
  • What additional role did the Continental Association serve?
  • Which region of Europe was most receptive to Protestantism?
  • Which sermon, delivered by Jonathan Edwards, is credited with launching the era of fire-and-brimstone preaching in colonial America?
  • Why was wine prized?
  • Following Drake's exploits, what major Spanish response occurred in 1588?
  • The founding year of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, was in which year?
  • Which language did the Greek-speaking church in Constantinople primarily use?
  • Which Caribbean island is cited as an example of profitable sugar production influencing policy?
  • Who coined the term 'Colombian Exchange'?
  • What are the two ways of viewing the Coercive Acts?
  • What is quipu?
  • Did the Aztecs have a writing system?
  • What was chartered in 1602 that had a big impact on the Netherlands?
  • What are the basic rights of British subjects?
  • When was the Massachusetts Bay colony founded?
  • Which civilization is recognized as the earliest major civilization in Mesoamerica, often called the mother culture?
  • Which crop is central to these early changes in Central America?
  • The Middle Passage refers to the leg of the Atlantic slave trade that connected Africa with which region?
  • Which plant did the Inca culture use that is known for its stimulant properties?
  • Which statement about religious diversity in the colonies is most accurate?
  • In Aztec society, how were their rulers viewed?
  • How was Inca produce divided?
  • What did the Proclamation of 1763 establish regarding settlement?
  • What was Machu Picchu?
  • The Jamestown population declined from about 144 to 38 due to:
  • James Oglethorpe led the founding of which colony as a debtor refuge and buffer against Spanish Florida?
  • Why did the Separatists not stay in Holland?
  • The taxes imposed by the Townshend Acts were intended to pay for defense of the colonies.
  • Mourning wars refer to which practice among North American natives?
  • How did original maize (with at most ten kernels) develop into the modern corn we eat today?
  • What was a primary motive for many sixteenth-century immigrants to leave Europe for the colonies?
  • What does the term Great Awakening refer to?
  • Poor's Holes were mass graves common in European cities during Columbus's time. What did they signify?
  • According to Page Smith, how were felon-immigrants particularly susceptible to religious conversion in the mid-eighteenth century?
  • On September 8, 1664, what happened?
  • The encomienda system granted what in colonial Spanish America?
  • Where was the Viking Village in Newfoundland?
  • The name the Patriots gave the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act is?
  • Which statement best describes William Penn's approach to Native American land purchases in founding Pennsylvania?
  • What did the Continental Congress pledge regarding Parliament's right to tax the colonies?
  • The Timucua were:
  • Which statement describes the event most associated with the beginning of the European slave trade?
  • What was the most lucrative product of the Chesapeake colonies?
  • What does the term 'Black Gold' refer to in the context of the Atlantic slave trade?
  • According to the material, conquering is described as a great way to gain what?
  • Why did the population keep growing despite two strains of plague causing the Black Death?
  • Which statement best describes Norse Vikings' non-raider activities?
  • The mita labor tax was associated with which empire?
  • What line, established by the Proclamation of 1763, restricted settlement west of the Appalachians?
  • Who was placed in charge of the Dominion of New England and enforced customs and trade laws that led to unpopularity?
  • Which environmental change occurred due to European presence in the Americas?
  • Who controlled the nautical routes in the 1400s?
  • Which statement best describes Puritan emphasis on literacy?
  • Jesuits are members of which religious order?
  • How many times did Columbus go back to Asia?
  • In the context of colonial missionary activity, which statement best captures the Spanish approach?
  • The Jamestown settlement was financed by which company's charter?
  • Which Congress formed the Continental Association?
  • Which Native American group inhabited the Jamestown area and interacted with the colonists?
  • History is described as which of the following?
  • When was the Aztec Empire at its height?
  • Privateers were:
  • Hatuey was a native cacique who opposed colonization on which island group?
  • Chahokia was a large city that exemplifies which culture?
  • What is a key difference between indentured servitude and chattel slavery?
  • William Bradford led the Pilgrims who settled Plymouth. Which group did he lead?
  • Henry the Navigator was a prince of which country, known for supporting early exploration to challenge established trade powers?
  • Britain's victory in the French and Indian War led to what financial consequence influencing colonial policy?
  • The 1637 Pequot War occurred in which region?
  • How did Mayan culture manifest itself?
  • England broke with the Catholic Church during which decade?
  • Which preacher was a leading figure of the Great Awakening, known for extensive travels preaching across the colonies?
  • Which of the following is not true of the Puritan Religion?
  • Which event in 1622 led to conflict with Native Americans and the Powhatan alliance?
  • What factor contributed to inter-tribal wars in the fur-trade era?
  • Why was slavery less prevalent in the North than in the South?
  • What was the Continental Association?
  • The Dutch Republic was formed in 1581 from rogue Spanish provinces. Which of the following best describes the Dutch Republic's early political character?
  • Durand is noted for describing what aspect of indentured servants' voyage to colonial America?
  • Where did the Stamp Act Congress meet in 1765?
  • Which act allowed the East India Company to dump its stockpile of tea on the American colonies?
  • According to Nash, what is the relationship between slavery and racism?
  • The Coercive Acts are commonly known by what alternative name?
  • Which term describes a tax imposed on businesses, rather than directly on consumers?
  • Which year marks the establishment of the Jamestown settlement?
  • Which colony's name originated from Gilbert's patent?
  • In the described period, who led the Latin-speaking church in Rome?
  • What distinguishes the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church in this period?
  • The natives of Hispaniola were required to deliver tribute every three months to the Spanish in the form of what?
  • What was significant about the Stamp Act Congress of 1765?
  • Which city-state benefited the most from trade with the East during medieval times?
  • The Crusades took place during which time frame?
  • The Suffolk Resolves protested against which Acts?
  • In 1441, which event marked the first kidnapping of Africans to Portugal?
  • Why did Maine's path to statehood take longer than some other colonies?
  • Which disease traveled from the New World back to Europe in the Columbian Exchange?
  • Why couldn't Leif Erikson settle in Newfoundland?
  • The French in North America established relations with Native peoples through which practice?
  • Who was the first child born in the colonies?
  • Colonists who supported the English government and wished to retain a colonial relationship with the mother country were known as what?
  • What were vice-admiralty courts?
  • What was a primary reason England delayed colonizing the New World?
  • What was a heretic?
  • Which statement best describes Samuel Adams?
  • Cahokia is described as which of the following?
  • How did the French interact w/ the environment?
  • Has Inuit culture changed much in 20,000 years or more?
  • What was the function of Clovis points?
  • What is resource allocation?
  • Who founded Lima, explored Panama, and helped defeat the Inca Empire?
  • The concept of culture is best described as which?
  • Most of the slaves shipped to English North America came from which part of Africa?
  • Which term describes colonial supporters of Parliament during the conflict with Britain?
  • Which statement about Columbus's measurement errors is true?
  • The majority of enslaved Africans in early English North American colonies came from which general region?
  • What is culture?
  • Bartolomé de las Casas is best described as which of the following?
  • What is the oldest permanent settlement in the New World?
  • Which statement correctly describes a proposal in the Petition of Congress at the First Continental Congress?
  • Which colony was founded as a refuge for Catholics by the Calverts?
  • According to Islam, what is Mohammad's significance?
  • Which feature characterizes the Great Awakening?
  • According to Page Smith, what common characteristic did these early immigrants share?
  • Which of the following was NOT a feature of the Navigation Acts?
  • The growth of sugar plantations in the Atlantic world changed the labor system by increasing demand for what?
  • What did the Boston Tea Party involve?
  • Which region correctly identifies the core Middle Colonies?
  • Which government official was responsible for enacting the Coercive Acts?
  • The two charters were for Plymouth and London. Which pair of names correctly identifies the two companies?
  • What did Spain used to consist of?
  • The Coercive Acts consisted of four acts enacted in 1774 to punish Massachusetts. Which list includes all four acts?
  • Saga? In Norse literature, what is a saga?
  • Which territory was part of the Middle Colonies around 1700?
  • When Columbus landed, he believed he had reached which place, prompting him to call the natives 'Indians'?
  • Which statement best describes the advantages and disadvantages of England in the era?
  • Which of the following items were introduced by Europeans to Native Americans?
  • In the Peace of Paris (1763), which territory did England gain as part of the settlement?
  • Which act imposed taxes on glass, tea, printer's supplies, and paper in the colonies to help pay for defense?
  • What happened in 1492 that spurred Spain to explore further?
  • Which explorer is associated with the legend of the Fountain of Youth and the discovery of Florida in 1513?
  • What were Norse Vikings besides 'raiders'?
  • John Winthrop is associated with which colony?
  • To what extent did terrain influence Africa's cultural diversity during medieval times?
  • Who oversaw the Restoration of the Monarchy and the creation of Restoration Colonies such as the Carolinas?
  • Which 1688 event led to the overthrow of James II and established a constitutional framework limiting the monarchy in Britain?
  • What is considered the Achilles heel of North American cultures?
  • What was a major method of Spanish labor in the Americas?
  • Who colonized the Chesapeake colonies?
  • Virginia became a royal colony in which year?
  • Who is often referred to as the father of the Baptists for founding Rhode Island?
  • Which religious order joined the French settlement in Canada and tried to convert the natives to Christianity?
  • What are the birth and death years given for Thomas Jefferson?
  • Who colonized New England?
  • Which of the following was the Swedish contribution to America?
  • What were the goals of Dutch colonizers?
  • What was a common outcome for these immigrants in American society?
  • The Peasant's War was driven by famine, poverty, high taxes, and the teachings of which reformer?
  • How many Roanoke expeditions were there?
  • What were the Crusades?
  • What were the goals of French colonizers?
  • From 1675-76 the colonial population rose from....
  • During Pontiac's Rebellion, which tribes formed a coalition and attacked Fort Detroit and Fort Pitt?
  • Which historian estimated that Hispaniola's population declined to 200,000?
  • Colonists in America who remained loyal to Great Britain were called?
  • Henry Hudson is known for exploring which area for the Dutch in 1609?
  • Leif Erikson explored Vinland and returned to Iceland for what reason?
  • The Chinampa were a form of agriculture primarily used in which city?
  • Elmina Castle served primarily as what in West Africa?
  • Waldseemüller was best known as what?
  • In English colonies, how did the Chesapeake region differ from New England in settlement goals and society?
  • What was the primary cause of Bacon's Rebellion?
  • Which English king reigned from 1625 to 1649 and was eventually executed?
  • Chocolate popularized it?
  • Which group resisted the Townshend Acts by boycotting taxed items?
  • What similarity do Connecticut and Rhode Island share according to the material?
  • Who translated the Bible into English in 1526?
  • Which organization served as colonial extralegal shadow governments coordinating resistance and spreading news about British actions?
  • What did the Currency Act of 1764 prohibit in the colonies?
  • What monopoly did the pope hold in medieval Europe?
  • Where did the Maya rise?
  • Which Native American people built cliff dwellings that still exist today?
  • Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Pueblo culture?
  • In 1521, which event occurred in the Americas?
  • What lasting sentiment emerged between Muslims and Christians after the Crusades?
  • What does Inca mean?
  • Francis Drake was:
  • What is another word for an Inuit?
  • What was the Speedwell in the Mayflower voyage?
  • The Inca were made up of two allied groups named what?
  • Which colony was the target of the Coercive Acts?
  • Which group faced increased persecution during the Crusades?
  • Which description matches Cristobal Colon?
  • Which factor helped lead to the Restoration of the monarchy after Cromwell's death?
  • Wampum is best defined as?
  • Which two kingdoms formed the core of pre-unification Spain?
  • What did the Stamp Act of 1765 tax?
  • Which region developed an economy heavily based on tobacco farming, driving labor demand?
  • Could Hunter-gatherers have a large amount of elaborate possessions?
  • What is the Royal African Company?
  • How did women's roles change with the arrival of Europeans?
  • On his first voyage, Columbus landed on San Salvador and which other island?
  • The name America is derived from which explorer?
  • How did convicted felons typically come to America in the colonial era?
  • In the Dominion of New England, which official enforced the Navigation Acts and levied fees on land titles, provoking strong opposition?
  • Which individual served as the Tory governor of Massachusetts who opposed boycotts and was recalled by Britain?
  • What's another word for Aztec?
  • The Enlightenment is best described as which of the following?
  • In what year did the Spanish establish St Augustine?
  • The Portuguese set the model for exploration by...
  • Which material were Pueblo multistory houses built from?
  • The Bill of Rights of 1689 established which constitutional principle?
  • Which statement about Aztec writing is true?
  • How did the Spanish interact w/ the environment?
  • The Roanoke colony is known for what?
  • Who were the Puritans?
  • What were the Mississippian mounds primarily used for?
  • Who was the chief god of the Aztecs?
  • Which best describes the Suffolk Resolves?
  • Which term describes a widespread colonial boycott of British goods?
  • What was the unifying factor in Northern Africa?
  • Which dates are associated with Cristobal Colon?
  • What were the goals of Spanish colonizers?
  • Which statement best describes the French colonial approach to Native peoples?
  • The English Civil War of the 1640s ended with which outcome?
  • How did the Jamestown colonists respond to Smith's authority?
  • What is the Columbian Exchange?
  • What was the Silk Road?
  • Was American culture constant as Asians filtered down from Alaska?
  • L'Anse aux Meadows is located in which country?
  • Before the expansion of the European-African slave trade in the 15th century, slavery was characterized by which of the following?
  • The early Jamestown colony faced deaths due to a combination of hazards. Which of the following contributed to early deaths?
  • Huguenots were who?
  • The oldest permanent settlement in the New World is Saint Augustine located in present-day which state?
  • Which colonial group is noted for Jesuit missions that adapted to native cultures in their missionary approach?
  • Why could Thomas Jefferson not attend the congress?
  • Where were enslaved Africans commonly used in the early British Caribbean?
  • Proprietary colonies were colonies granted by the king to whom?
  • Which explorer guided the Jamestown settlement by leading the founding crew in 1607?
  • Who inherited Gilbert's patent and named Virginia without ever setting foot there?
  • Which statement about Cromwell's treatment of dissenters is true?
  • The Suffolk Resolves were passed by which body?
  • Nonconformists were Protestants who did not conform to which church?
  • Who were the French's allies against the Iroquois in 1609?
  • What does Pueblo mean?
  • Which colony was founded by Puritans who sought a charter by telling Charles I they wanted a joint stock company in 1628? In 1630, 17 ships and over a thousand settlers; They took the charter with them to operate independently.
  • Which was the first powerful people group in Mesoamerica?
  • Which policy description best fits patroonships in New Netherland?
  • Approximately how many people were killed in the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre?
  • Which monarch attempted to model his reign after Louis XIV, centralize power, and married a Catholic wife, sparking concerns that contributed to the Glorious Revolution?
  • Which settlement is widely recognized as the first Spanish settlement in North America?
  • Who is Ruy Do Sequeira?
  • Which region was reached by Portuguese explorers as part of the empire's early expansion?
  • In 1763, which event reached its peak with the siege of Fort Detroit and Fort Pitt?
  • Who founded Quebec and in what year?
  • Who translated the Mayan language for the first time?
  • The Bering Strait was formed as a result of which event?
  • When did the Spanish establish Santa Fe?
  • What statement best describes an indentured servant in colonial America?
  • What did the Treaty of Easton stipulate regarding western settlement?
  • In what year was the patent to settle Newfoundland granted?
  • Compared to Europe in the 15th century, pre-contact Africa was more or less developed?
  • Which country contributed Bowling and ice skating?
  • In 1250s Europe, what trend is described?
  • When was maize cultivated in Central America?
  • Which civilization is considered the mother culture of Mesoamerica?
  • Why did Mayan culture falter?
  • In the view of the material, how did the Colombian Exchange make the world 'new'?
  • In Constantinople, who led the Greek-speaking church?
  • Which city underwent renaming as a result of the 1664 surrender?
  • Philadelphia was known as the City of Brotherly Love; what controversial activity did it participate in?
  • As the amount of resources increases, what happens to the power of those who control them?
  • Which feature indicates Mississippian contact with distant civilizations?
  • Which document encouraged colonial boycott of British goods by arguing taxation without representation was unconstitutional?
  • What did the Quartering Act require in the American colonies?
  • The Maryland colony's Catholics relied on what labor to support wealth and tolerance?
  • Which group were the fiercest frontier warriors and allies of the British colonies?
  • Which factor significantly aided Cortés in defeating the Aztecs?
  • What are the two bookends of the Middle Ages?
  • Which colony was established in 1628 after Puritans sought a charter by presenting a joint stock venture to Charles I?
  • What was Beringia?
  • Which factor contributed to violence and kidnapping in West Africa during the slave trade?
  • Which explorer crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean in 1513?
  • Oliver Cromwell served as what title in the 1650s?
  • Even though Maryland was founded for Catholics, most Catholics wealthy status compelled them to...
  • What is a musket described as?
  • Which term refers to the Aztec people?
  • Subsistence production is defined as producing what?
  • Describe the feudal system.
  • Abalone shells found at Mississippian sites suggest contact with which region?
  • Who commanded the troops during the Boston Massacre?
  • According to Stannard, the population of Hispaniola before decline was approximately how many?
  • The conflict from 1754 to 1763, also called the Seven Years' War, is known in North America as which war?
  • Beringia connected which regions?
  • In feudal society, who provided defense for the land through knights?
  • Which statement about the Massachusetts Bay Colony governance is accurate regarding its charter and migration?
  • Who was the first group to develop a writing system in America?
  • In the material, an artifact is described as which of the following?
  • Jamestown was populated primarily by:
  • Which philosopher's ideas about natural rights influenced the later American justification for independence?
  • Approximately how many people perished in the Peasant's War of 1524?
  • Redemptioners are best described as what?
  • What happened to Restoration colonies like the Carolinas after their founding?
  • What are the Three G's of Spanish Conquistadors?
  • Which statement describes the size of Tenochtitlan relative to European cities?
  • Which colony was described by its first governor as a 'city on a hill'?
  • Which Dutch nobleman married Mary and became a monarch of England after the Glorious Revolution?
  • Which region is home to the first African empire Ghana?
  • In what year did Vermont gain statehood?
  • Which group consisted of well-born British colonial women who led a non-importation movement?
  • What was the purpose of indenture agreements?
  • Powhatan is best described as what?
  • Which city was renamed New York after being taken from the Dutch in the 1660s?
  • What disease goes back to Europe in the exchange?
  • Which term describes the medieval European peasantry bound to the land?
  • What is subsistence?
  • The principle that colonists needed representation in Parliament if taxed was first articulated in which resolution?
  • Which group were the fiercest frontier warriors allied with the British colonies?
  • What was the capital of the Mali empire?
  • Which region's labor force moved from indentured servants to enslaved Africans by the late 17th century?
  • Which civilization is associated with Altiplano and potatoes origin?
  • Why is England unusually warm at high latitudes?
  • Vinland refers to which region?
  • What was the great factor on the side of the Europeans that they could in no way predict?
  • A tax imposed on businesses, rather than directly on consumers is known as what?
  • What were Black Codes?
  • What was the Requerimiento?
  • Why was there no mortar in Inca architecture?
  • What natural event helped thwart the Spanish Armada's invasion in the English Channel?
  • In which city did the Continental Congress convene in 1774?
  • The Sugar Act prompted colonists to claim it violated which rights?
  • Which set of motives best characterizes the rationale for many followers of the Crusades?
  • Commodification is best described as what?
  • What were maroon communities?
  • The Cavaliers were best described as which group during the English Civil War?
  • The Dutch East India Company was chartered to operate primarily in which region?
  • What is a Hildalgo?
  • During James II's reign, the birth of which type of heir intensified fears about Catholic influence?
  • King Philip's War (1675–1677) is best described as which of the following?
  • Which labor tax did the Inca implement that required communities to contribute labor to public works?
  • In what year did Martin Luther nail his Ninety-Five Theses to the church door?
  • Luther's Ninety-Five Theses primarily advocated which reforms?
  • What was repartimiento in the Spanish colonial system?
  • On each voyage across the Atlantic, approximately what percentage of enslaved people died due to horrendous conditions?
  • In the Church of England, who serves as the head of the church?
  • What is the Atlantic crossing of slaves to the Americas known as?
  • What was a result of the Colombian Exchange?
  • On his first voyage, Columbus landed on San Salvador and which of the following islands?
  • Freemasons are best described as what?
  • Which sports did the Olmec invent?
  • Which colony is described as having the most religious freedom among its settlers in the period described?
  • Who was probably the subject of the Olmec's giant head statues?
  • Where did these protests against English high-handedness culminate, and what happened?
  • Which term refers to the practice of granting land to settlers who could pay their own way to Virginia?
  • How did the Aztecs appease their gods?
  • Who first tried to claim lands for France and why did he fail?
  • What best describes the Mackrons?
  • In what year were the Townshend Acts enacted?
  • Quipu were used by which civilization?
  • When did the First Continental Congress meet and what did it declare?
  • In 1774, delegates from all colonies except Georgia attended which assembly in Philadelphia?
  • The growth in resources and control over them often leads to which social outcome?
  • Which environmental impact is attributed to European presence in the New World?
  • Which administrative region was created by grouping New York, New Jersey, and several New England colonies in the late 1680s?
  • What was a consequence of the Gaspee affair?
  • The Massachusetts Bay colony is part of which colonial region?
  • Who is Gonclavez Antam?
  • What was the culminating military victory of King George's War in North America?
  • What is the signature of Mississippian culture?
  • What were the Mayan rulers like?
  • Which explorer was lost at sea while attempting to establish a colony in Newfoundland?
  • Which two figures were major influences on the Age of Enlightenment due to their emphasis on human reason?
  • Which colony did William Penn establish as a refuge for Quakers?
  • What was a sociopolitical result of shifting from indentured servitude to chattel slavery?
  • What is Captain John Smith best known for in the Jamestown settlement?
  • Which language did the Latin-speaking church in Rome primarily use?
  • Clovis points date around which time?
  • The Suffolk Resolves described protest against which acts?
  • Chasquis were associated with which civilization?
  • William Byrd's diary shows what?
  • What was the Inquisition?
  • In 1763, which Indigenous-led uprising challenged British settlers in the Ohio country?
  • What was formed when Beringia sank?
  • Who completed the first circumnavigation of the globe, from 1519 to 1522?
  • How far did the Portuguese empire extend?
  • The term 'sea dogs' refers to which group involved in English efforts against Spanish colonies?
  • What evidence do we have of Mississippian cultural contact?
  • Why were Columbus's measurements off?
  • What was the Mayflower Compact?
  • The Black Legend refers to Spain's reputation as what?
  • Which term best describes the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to settled farming communities?
  • Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage contributed to Dutch claims to which area?
  • The Treaty of Easton dealt primarily with relations between the British, colonists, and which group?
  • Maya civilization faltered due to what combination of pressures?
  • Headright system
  • Which reformer is best known for criticizing indulgences and proposing early reforms in the 16th century?
  • Pueblo culture was known for which combination of features?
  • Which order took care to understand natives to convert them?
  • Which description best fits the Dutch West India Company?
  • Which colonial figure exemplified Enlightenment ideals and advocated for freedom of the press and resistance to tyranny?
  • Which statement describes a typical purpose of indenture contracts in early Virginia?
  • What was patroonship?
  • Who founded Providence, Rhode Island, and later sought a license to govern the settlement?
  • Who was the Commander-in-Chief of English forces in America who replaced Hutchinson as governor of Massachusetts and later saw redcoats encamped on the Boston Common?
  • What was the French interest in America?
  • What were the effects of the growth of the slave trade in Europe?
  • Which group destroyed much of Aztec culture?
  • In what year was the Dutch republic formed from rogue Spanish provinces?
  • Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Navigation Acts as described?
  • According to historical accounts, which colonial group had the most success in converting Native Americans?
  • Which tax is paid directly by consumers?
  • What role did Jesuit missions play in French colonial strategy?
  • Who reached the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, opening sea route to Asia?
  • Who established a foothold in Africa for trade?
  • What is noted as unique about Aztec human sacrifice?
  • What was a primary motivation for New England colonists?
  • What did the Declaratory Act declare after the Stamp Act repeal?
  • How did the Pueblo attempt to maintain autonomy in the face of Spanish settlement?
  • Roanoke expeditions were undertaken by which nation?
  • In what year did the Suffolk Resolves pass?
  • The Stono Rebellion resulted in what immediate consequence for the enslaved population?
  • In medieval Catholic hierarchy, which role sat at the apex of authority?
  • Which of the following were crucial points of Puritan faith?
  • The St Bartholomew's Day Massacre occurred in 1572 and resulted in thousands of deaths. Which group was targeted?
  • What was a key rationale behind William Penn's founding of Pennsylvania in 1681?
  • Which civilization's name translates to "ruler"?
  • Henry the Navigator's efforts were aimed at bypassing which dominant trading power?
  • Which statement describes a consequence of the Agricultural Revolution?
  • A Chinampa refers to which of the following?
  • Bradford's Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in:
  • Who wrote the Massachusetts Circular?
  • The violence associated with Pontiac's Rebellion helped trigger which frontier group?
  • What did the Massachusetts Circular petition advocate?
  • The phrase 'Age of Reason' is most closely associated with which intellectual movement?
  • What position did John Winthrop hold in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
  • What destroyed Beringia?
  • In 1616 John Smith
  • Who were the first people to settle the Americas?
  • What happened to the Gaspee in Rhode Island in 1772?
  • What was the biggest, earliest change to culture?
  • Restoration colonies were proprietary, meaning run by a proprietor. Which description best fits them?
  • The Maya writing system is best described as using what form of writing?
  • What is the Middle Passage?
  • Which natural phenomenon shaped the geography of the land?
  • Which term refers to the Inca labor system?
  • Indenture
  • Which statement best captures the earliest major cultural change?
  • Which British statesman, whose name is associated with the city of Pittsburgh, argued that the American colonies were worth fighting for?
  • Which statement describes the outcomes of the Peace of Paris in 1763?
  • Which figure served as conservative, pro-English lieutenant governor and acting governor of Massachusetts, and was smeared by Adams?
  • Did the Inca have a writing system?
  • What did the Treaty of Tordesillas establish?
  • In what year did Captain John Smith depart Jamestown?
  • Gottlieb Mittelberger is best known for providing what kind of account?
  • Which statement best describes the early Chesapeake colonies?
  • Which option best describes the Dutch contribution to sports?
  • Which measures were part of the Townshend Acts of 1767?
  • How did the Inca communicate over long distances?
  • In what period did the Great Awakening occur?
  • Which statement best describes Jefferson's participation described in the source?
  • The Olmec civilization is associated with which region?
  • Which empire is recognized as the first to rise in Africa?
  • Which early clash involving George Washington led to his surrender at Fort Necessity and marked Britain's first use of regular troops in the colonies?
  • What resource did the Olmec tap from trees?
  • The city of the Aztecs was Tenochtitlan, founded in what year?
  • From the 280's to 400's, what is happening?
  • The founders of Plymouth were...
  • Which native leader declared that if heaven was full of Spaniards, he'd prefer hell?
  • What were the effects of the growth of the slave trade in Africa?
  • What were the divisions of the Church at the time?
  • The mita labor system was imposed by which civilization?
  • Who are the descendants of Columbus's 'Indians'?
  • How long were indentured servants and convicts bound to servitude upon arrival?
  • First Proprietary colony
  • Why did Beringia exist?
  • Which civilization built a capital described as larger than any European city?
  • Who was the governor who described his colony as a 'city on a hill'?
  • Which document laid out the unconstitutionality of taxation without representation and urged colonies to boycott British goods?
  • Which term refers to that package of measures known to the colonists as the Intolerable Acts?
  • The name America is attributed to which explorer for recognizing that South America was not Asia?
  • How much of Europe's population were serfs?
  • Which trio of English explorers were noted for renewing exploration and colonization efforts in North America during Elizabeth I's era?
  • Which of the following describes a joint stock company?
  • What explains why many different cultures developed across Africa?
  • The bankruptcy of the Virginia Company of Plymouth in 1620 was caused by a failed attempt to establish Fort St. George in Maine.
  • The New World era sparked an explosion of which culture, producing Don Quixote?
  • Why did the British colonies rely on enslaved labor?
  • Who authored the Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions?
  • Who were the Paxton Boys?
  • What was the ecological impact of introducing pigs to the landscape?
  • What is Santa Fe's real name?
  • What contributions did Inca culture make?
  • How many Indians remained in Virginia by the mid-1660s?
  • Elmina Castle is located in which country?
  • Deism in the Enlightenment era referred to belief in what kind of deity?
  • What did the Middle Ages bring?
  • What was a consequence of seeking water routes to Asia?
  • Mercantilism in colonial times held that wealth is fixed and colonies should operate for the benefit of the mother country; what practice did this philosophy promote?
  • What describes the Dutch approach to neighbors and labor in their early colonies?
  • Where did Columbus land on his voyage?
  • Who wrote the 'Starving Time'?
  • How would you describe Native American culture on the East Coast?
  • What did Columbus's deal with the King and Queen of Spain include?
  • Which statement best describes mercantilism?
  • How did Europeans view African and American cultures according to the material?
  • The 1741 New York Conspiracy Trials involved fears of a conspiracy by which groups?
  • In what year did the Pueblo Revolt occur?
  • The Great Awakening contributed to establishing new educational institutions to train ministers, including Harvard.
  • Stannard estimates that the Hispaniola population declined to what number between 1492 and 1535?
  • Why did the Spanish build Castillo de San Marcos?
  • Which statement about hunter-gatherers' possessions is accurate?
  • Which group attacked Conestoga and killed six?
  • What is the main difference between North American and South American Indian societies?
  • According to Norse lore, Erik the Red sailed to Iceland in the 900s and settled which land?
  • What was the organization that survived the collapse of Rome?
  • Maize is another name for which crop?
  • The Coercive Acts are also known as which name in colonial history?
  • Which year range correctly identifies the French and Indian War?
  • When did the English settle Jamestown?
  • What term describes the punitive measures Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party?
  • Which statement best captures William Pitt's view of the American colonies during the war?
  • Luther's Ninety-Five Theses helped ignite which historical movement?
  • If indentured servants and convicts arrived safely, how did they enter American society?
  • Who was blocking European access to Asia and riches?
  • Which statement about William Penn is accurate?
  • What did the Tea Act of 1773 accomplish?
  • The Reconquista describes the driving out of Muslims from which area?
  • Where are the potatoes native to?
  • How did conditions in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England contribute to emigration to the colonies?
  • What was the Reconquista?
  • The Continental Association aimed to enforce a boycott throughout what area?
  • What happened after the Pueblo Revolt?
  • The patroonships were large tracts of land and governing rights granted to merchants by which organization?
  • What happened in 1250's?
  • Who paid for the ship's passage for indentured servants in colonial America?
  • Mesa Verde is the site of what?
  • Which description best captures the Sugar Act's changes?
  • Which statement best describes the Olmec's achievements?
  • Which term best describes colonists who were loyal to Great Britain?
  • What impact did European muskets have on Native American power dynamics?
  • Which explorer is credited with opening a sea route to Asia by rounding Africa's southern tip in 1488?
  • Probanza de merito refers to what in the colonial era?
  • Which religious group subscribed to John Calvin's teachings, emphasizing God's sovereignty and predestination?
  • Which statement best describes the Puritan colonies in New England and their dates of establishment?
  • Which group is described as English privateers used by Elizabeth I to challenge Spanish interests?
  • How did European and Native American views on property differ?
  • The expansion of the Atlantic slave trade was driven primarily by demand for which crop?
  • What was a strategic goal of the Spanish in destroying Fort Caroline?
  • Which group comprises the Sons of Liberty who opposed the Stamp Act?
  • In which century did the European-African slave trade expand significantly?
  • How did the religious expectations differ among the French, Dutch, and Spanish colonists?
  • What was the result of forming villages and giving up the hunter-gatherer lifestyle?
  • John Rolfe is best remembered for introducing what cash crop?
  • Which institution survived the fall of Rome and maintained continuity?
  • Which event involved an angry Boston mob at the Customs House, leading guards to fire into the crowd and kill five people?
  • What was a notable outcome of the Crusades?
  • What was the split between the eastern and western church called?
  • Who wrote that Quzatli said he dreamed of the Europeans' arrival?
  • Who ignited European imagination with wondrous tales of Asia?
  • Which labor practice helped Chesapeake colonists attract workers to Virginia?
  • What economic reason helped the Crown tolerate lax governance in the American colonies?
  • What is the most likely reason the first people crossed from Asia to America?
  • How expensive were spices in 1350?
  • Bartolomé de las Casas transcribed the journals of which explorer?
  • What was the first representative assembly in British North America?
  • The Stono Rebellion of 1739 led to which regulation?
  • What is a tax that consumers pay directly, rather than through higher prices?
  • Which set reflects the Puritan colonies and their establishment in the 1630s?
  • Under British imperial policy, the colonies were to be run by whom?
  • What is the Middle Passage?
  • What best describes a joint stock company?
  • Which statement best describes the history of slavery across cultures?
  • What term describes the period between kings in English history following the execution of Charles I?
  • What were the goals of English colonizers?
  • Calvinists' doctrine of predestination states that
  • Who was the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and helped establish the General Court there?
  • Which traveler sparked European imagination about Asia in the medieval era?
  • Who was the founder of Rhode Island described as too radical for Puritans?
  • Which war, fought 1754-1763, ended with Britain gaining Canada and all French possessions east of the Mississippi?
  • Elizabeth's American policy emphasized which combination of actions?
  • What claim about Jefferson's abilities is stated?
  • In what years did Christian forces capture Jerusalem and later lose it to Islamic forces?
  • The 'lost colony' refers to Roanoke, sanctioned in 1584 and lost in 1590. Where was Roanoke located?
  • Where were Muslim forces decisively halted early in the medieval period, preventing further expansion into Western Europe?
  • Which Dutch company focused on the Americas and was founded in 1621?
  • Which city became a major center of trade and learning in West Africa during the Mali Empire era?
  • Which couple were the monarchs installed after the Glorious Revolution, with the husband wielding substantial power?
  • Who was the first king of Spain?
  • What was an effect of the New World on Europe?
  • How many American cultures had developed in 1492?
  • Martin Luther is best described as which of the following?
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